Bottle-cover.



No. 896,156. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. A. A. ROBERTS.

BOTTLE COVER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29,1906.

In 12 en for Witnesses.-

ALICE A. ROBERTS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-COVER.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed October 29, 1906. Serial No. 841,035.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALICE A. ROBERTS, re-

- siding in'the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful I111 rovement in Bottle- Covers,of which the fo lowing is a specifica tion.

The invention pertains to thatv class of covers or stoppers which areused extensively in the large mouthed bottles, used for milk, and I willdescribe it as thus applied.

I employ a common and long approved general style,a lid of yieldingmaterial as paste board introduced by a gentle force. I will describe itas resting in a slight rabbet formed in the bottle neck. The noveltylies in the sunk form of the yielding material after it is, forced into)lace and also in provisions above it for ta ing hold to effect its .Inthe fully removal, by means of a loosely connected ring.

In'the simplest form I perforate the pasteboard at two points near thecenter and extend a wire down through each and across from one a ertureto the other, above the surface of t e cover, I can form thereof asufiicient loo to allow it to be seized and lifted by the nger andthumb, or by any instrument, as the point of a-pair of scissors.developed form such loop loosely en ages a ring which can fold down.

he construction constitutes an important im rovement by its greatsimplicity, it invo ves little cost for manufacture and is especiallyeasy to operate. It increases the security of the closing andespeciallyfacilitates the opening.

My cover can be operated without any special tools.

The following is a description of what I consider. the best means ofcarrying out the invention'.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bottle 1provided with my cover. Fig. 2' isa centra vertical section of the same and Fig. 3 is a view on a largerscale of the metal portions before their application.

hese figures show what I cons der the most complete form of theinvention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigure where they ap ear.

is the bottle neck formed as usual with a USUB.

rabbet which receives only the edge of the cover.

B is the plane edge portion and B the central concave sunk portion ofthe flexible but springy material which extends across the mouth ofthebottle and rests in the rabbet.

I sink the middle portion of this lid in the act of inserting it intothe bottle sufficiently to allow a lifting loop to stand permanentlyupright to a suflicient extent to allow it 'to seized directly by thefingers without its extending up enough to prevent resting one bottledirectly upon another.

1) is a loo formed in a proper wire and D D are t e end portions ofsuehnwire thrust down through the usual holes bb in the central portionof the cover, and secured by spreading as shown. The holes are as sealedwith a neutral material, as paraffin. It is easyto )ush the cover downinto its tightly fitting ra bet, where it is held by friction. In what Iesteem the most complete form, a ring E is engaged loosely in the 00p D,which ring will lie down when not in use, but is easily lifted for use.When such ring is employed, the loop D may be shal lower and narrower.The ring may be of sufficient size to aflord a strong grip and isdepressed when folded down soas to lie entirely in the substantiallyconcave sunk portion in the part B B.

To open the bottle the loop D is seized or when as'usual the ring-E isused such ring is seized by the. finger and thumb. With a weak operatoror in exceptional cases with an paii' of scissors may be engaged in the100 D or in the ring E engaged therein and use to aid in lifting thepreviously sunk concave center of the art B. So soon as a sufiicientforce is applied and the sunk center B is sprung upward, the cover iseasily removed.

I The thickness and rigidity of the .portion B B may be varied withinwide limits, but it is important to obtain the strength and elasticityrequired in a single iece and to provide for the sinking of the oop Dbelow the top of the rim of the bottle, so that the bottles may bestored or transported with one resting upon another upright. The bottlesma be used for other material than milk.

claim as my invention:

1. A bottle cover composed of a single piece of elastic materialcomprising a plane engaging rim and a concave central portion S 5 ofelastic material comprising a plane engagand sunk when in use, incombination with a wine and arranged to fold down in the sunk space loopengaged with the center, adapted to when not required, all adapted toserve as serve as herein specified. 7 herein specified.

2. A bottle cover formedof a single piece i ed at New York in the countyof Kings 15 ate of New York this 27th day of Octoinlg rim and a eoncfiveogre! portion sunk her A. D. 1906. w len in use and e ore at two ointsin combination wi a wire loop, wit exten- ALICE ROBERTS" sions from suchloop through the two holes Witnesses: 10 in such material tightiysealed, and with a GEO. MeKrrrmwK,

loosely fitting ring engaged with such loop, HELENA STYLES.

